Motorola LS4208 Chapter 1 Getting Started

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Introduction

The scanner combines excellent scanning performance and advanced ergonomics to provide the best value in a

lightweight laser scanner. Whether used as a hand-held scanner or in hands-free mode in a stand, the scanner

ensures comfort and ease of use for extended periods of time.

In addition to single-line laser scannin g, the scanner supports multi-line rastering. Multi-line rastering allows the

scanner to capture st acked GS1 DataBa r codes (formerly Reduced S p ace Symbology/RSS) and incre ases angular

tolerances, minimizing product orientation and hand movements. Multi-line rastering also allows the scanne r to

read poor quality bar codes. For more information about scanning modes and stacked GS1 DataBar codes, see

Scan Pattern on page 4-6 and GS1 DataBar on page C-3.

Figure 1-1

Symbol LS4208 Scanner

NOTE Only the Symbol LS4208-PR version supports PDF417 bar codes and variants.

Contents

Main Page Page ii Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Patents Warranty iii Revision History Page Table of Contents vi Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Table of Contents vii viii Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Table of Contents ix x Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Table of Contents xi Page About This Guide Chapter Descriptions xiv Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Notational Conventions Related Documents * About This Guide xv Service Information Page Chapter 1 Getting Started 1 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Unpacking Getting Started 1 - 3 Setting Up the Scanner Installing the Interface Cable 1 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Removing the Interface Cable Connecting a Synapse Cable Interface Connecting Power (if required) Page Page Chapter 2 Scanning 2 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Beeper Definitions Scanning 2 - 3 LED Definitions 2 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Scan Patterns Single-Line Only Multi-Line Smart Raster Multi-line Always Raster Scanning 2 - 5 Scanning Modes Scanning in Hand-Held Mode 2 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Aiming Scanning 2 - 7 Scanning PDF Symbols 2 - 8 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Scanning Composite Bar Codes Page 2 - 10 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Scanning with Intellistand Scanning 2 - 11 Symbol LS4208 Decode Zone * Symbol LS4208 Decode Zone ** 6.6 mil PDF417 (3:1) 7 1.5 ** 10 mil PDF417 (3:1) 11.75 0.75 Page Chapter 3 Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Technical Specifications Maintenance 3 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Troubleshooting Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Technical Specifications 3 - 3 3 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Technical Specifications 3 - 5 Technical Specifications 3 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Technical Specifications 3 - 7 Scanner Signal Descriptions Scanner Cable Pin-ou ts 3 - 8 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Chapter 4 User Preferences * 4 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide User Preferences Parameter Defaults User Preferences 4 - 3 User Preferences Default Parameters * 4 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Parameter Bar Code Scanning * Page 4 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide * Scan Pattern Page 4 - 8 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide * Raster Height User Preferences 4 - 9 Laser On Time Beep After Good Decode Page Chapter 5 Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Connecting a Keyboard Wedge Interface Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 3 Keyboard Wedge Parameter Defaults 5 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Host Parameters Keyboard Wedge Host Types Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 5 Keyboard Wedge Country Types (Country Codes) * Page Page Page Page Page 5 - 12 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Maps NCR 7052 58-KEY Figure 5-4 Figure 5-3 Figure 5-2 ASCII Character Set for Keyboard Wedge 5 - 14 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 15 5 - 16 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 17 5 - 18 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 19 5 - 20 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 21 5 - 22 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Chapter 6 RS-232 Interface 6 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Connecting an RS-232 Interface RS-232 Interface 6 - 3 RS-232 Parameter Defaults 6 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Host Parameters RS-232 Interface 6 - 5 RS-232 Host Parameters (continued) 6 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Host Types * RS-232 Interface 6 - 7 Baud Rate * 6 - 8 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Parity Page 6 - 10 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Check Receive Errors Hardware Handshaking * RS-232 Interface 6 - 11 6 - 12 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Software Handshaking Page 6 - 14 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Host Serial Response Time-out * RS-232 Interface 6 - 15 RTS Line State Beep on <BEL> * Page Page 6 - 18 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Set for RS-232 RS-232 Interface 6 - 19 6 - 20 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Interface 6 - 21 6 - 22 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Chapter 7 USB Interface 7 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Connecting a USB Interface USB Interface 7 - 3 7 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide USB Parameter Defaults USB Interface 7 - 5 USB Host Parameters USB Device Type * 7 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide USB Country Keyboard Types (Country Codes) * Page 7 - 8 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide USB Keystroke Delay USB CAPS Lock Override Page * Page 7 - 12 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Set for USB USB Interface 7 - 13 7 - 14 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide USB Interface 7 - 15 7 - 16 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide USB Interface 7 - 17 7 - 18 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide USB Interface 7 - 19 7 - 20 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide USB Interface 7 - 21 Page Chapter 8 IBM Interface 8 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Connecting to an IBM 468X/469X Host IBM Interface 8 - 3 IBM Parameter Defaults 8 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide IBM 468X/469X Host Parameters Port Address * Page 8 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Optional IBM Parameters Ignore Beep Ignore Bar Code Configuration Chapter 9 Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Connecting Using Wand Emulation Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 3 Wand Emulation Parameter Defaults 9 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Wand Emulation Host Parameters Wand Emulation Host Types Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 5 Leading Margin (Quiet Zone) * 9 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Polarity Ignore Unknown Characters * Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 7 * Convert All Bar Codes to Code 39 9 - 8 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Convert Code 39 to Full ASCII Chapter 10 Scanner Emulation Interface 10 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Connecting Using Scanner Emulation Scanner Emulation Interface 10 - 3 Scanner Emulation Parameter Defaults 10 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Scanner Emulation Host Scanner Emulation Host Parameters Beep Style * Scanner Emulation Interface 10 - 5 * 10 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Convert Newer Code Types * Page Scanner Emulation Interface 10 - 9 Transmission Timeout Page Page Page Chapter 11 123Scan Communication with 123Scan 123Scan Parameter Page Chapter 12 Symbologies * 12 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Symbology Parameter Defaults Symbologies 12 - 3 12 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Symbologies 12 - 5 UPC/EAN Page Page Symbologies 12 - 9 Enable/Disable Bookland EAN Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Supplementals * 12 - 10 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Page Page Page 12 - 14 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide UPC/EAN/JAN Supplemental Redundancy Transmit UPC-A Check Digit * Symbologies 12 - 15 Transmit UPC-E Check Digit Transmit UPC-E1 Check Digit * 12 - 16 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide UPC-A Preamble Symbologies 12 - 17 UPC-E Preamble 12 - 18 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide UPC-E1 Preamble Symbologies 12 - 19 Convert UPC-E to UPC-A Convert UPC-E1 to UPC-A * Page Symbologies 12 - 21 Bookland ISBN Format 12 - 22 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide UCC Coupon Extended Code Code 128 Page Symbologies 12 - 25 Code 39 Enable/Disable Code 39 Enable/Disable Trioptic Code 39 * 12 - 26 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide * Symbologies 12 - 27 Set Lengths for Code 39 * Symbologies 12 - 29 Transmit Code 39 Check Digit * 12 - 30 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Code 39 Full ASCII Conversion * Symbologies 12 - 31 Code 39 Buffering (Scan & Store) Buffer Data * 12 - 32 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Clear Transmission Buffer Transmit Buffer Symbologies 12 - 33 Overfilling Transmission Buffer Attempt to Transmit an Empty Buffer 12 - 34 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Code 93 Enable/Disable Code 93 * Set Lengths for Code 93 Page 12 - 36 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Code 11 Code 11 * Set Lengths for Code 11 Page 12 - 38 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Code 11 Check Digit Verification Symbologies 12 - 39 Transmit Code 11 Check Digits * 12 - 40 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) Enable/Disable Interleaved 2 of 5 Set Lengths for Interleaved 2 of 5 * Page Page Symbologies 12 - 43 Transmit I 2 of 5 Check Digit Convert I 2 of 5 to EAN-13 * 12 - 44 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Discrete 2 of 5 (DTF) Enable/Disable Discrete 2 of 5 Set Lengths for Discrete 2 of 5 * Page Page Symbologies 12 - 47 Codabar (NW - 7) Enable/Disable Codabar * Set Lengths for Codabar Page Symbologies 12 - 49 CLSI Editing NOTIS Editing * 12 - 50 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide MSI Enable/Disable MSI Set Lengths for MSI * Page GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS - Reduced Space Symbology) 12 - 54 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide * Convert GS1 DataBar to UPC/EAN PDF417/MicroPDF417 * Page Symbologies 12 - 57 Transmit Symbols in Codeword Format 12 - 58 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Transmit Unknown Codewords Escape Characters Symbologies 12 - 59 Delete Character Set ECIs Composite Codes Symbologies 12 - 61 UPC Composite Mode Page Symbologies 12 - 63 Symbology - Specific Security Levels Redundancy Level Redundancy Level 1 Redundancy Level 2 Redundancy Level 3 Page Symbologies 12 - 65 Security Level 12 - 66 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Bi-directional Redunda\ncy Intercharacter Gap * Chapter 13 Miscellaneous Scanner Options * 13 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Miscellaneous Parameter Defaults Miscellaneous Scanner Options 13 - 3 Miscellaneous Scanner Parameters Transmit Code ID Character Prefix/Suffix Values 13 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Prefix/Suffix Values (continued) Scan Data Transmission Format Miscellaneous Scanner Options 13 - 5 Scan Data Transmission Format (continued) * 13 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide FN1 Substitution Values Transmit No Read Message * Miscellaneous Scanner Options 13 - 7 Synapse Interface Page Chapter 14 Advanced Data Formatting Rules: Criteria Linked to Actions 14 - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Using ADF Bar Codes ADF Bar Code Menu Example Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 3 Rule 1: The Code 128 Scanning Rule Rule 2: The UPC Scanning Rule Alternate Rule Sets 14 - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Rules Hierarchy (in Bar Codes) Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 5 Default Rules ADF Bar Codes 14 - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 7 Special Commands Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 11 Criteria Code Types 14 - 12 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Code Types (continued) Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 15 Code Lengths Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 17 Code Lengths (continued) 14 - 18 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Code Lengths (continued) Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 19 Message Containing A Specific Data String Specific String at Start Specific String, Any Location 14 - 20 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 21 Numeric Keypad 14 - 22 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 23 Actions Send Data 14 - 24 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Send Data (continued) Page 14 - 26 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Setup Field(s) Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 27 Move Cursor 14 - 28 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 31 Skip Back 14 - 32 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 33 Modify Data 14 - 34 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Spaces Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 35 Pad Data with Spaces (continued) Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 37 Pad Data with Spaces (continued) 14 - 38 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 39 Pad Data with Zeros (continued) 14 - 40 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros (continued) Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 43 Send Keystroke (Control Characters and Keyboard Characters) Control Characters 14 - 44 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 45 14 - 46 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 47 Keyboard Characters 14 - 48 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 49 14 - 50 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 51 14 - 52 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 53 14 - 54 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 55 14 - 56 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 57 Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 59 Send ALT Characters 14 - 60 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 61 14 - 62 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 63 Send Keypad Characters 14 - 64 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 65 14 - 66 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 69 14 - 70 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 71 14 - 72 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 73 14 - 74 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Page 14 - 76 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interface (GUI) Characters Page Page Page Page Page 14 - 82 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Turn On/Off Rule Sets Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 83 Alphanumeric Keyboard Page Page 14 - 86 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 87 Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 89 14 - 90 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 91 14 - 92 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 95 Page Appendix A Standard Default Parameters Default Parameters A - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Standard Default Parameters A - 3 A - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Standard Default Parameters A - 5 A - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Standard Default Parameters A - 7 Page Appendix B Programming References Symbol Code Identifiers B - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide AIM Code Identifiers Programming References B - 3 ] B - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Appendix C Sample Bar Codes Code 39 UPC/EAN UPC-A, 100% C - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Code 128 Interleaved 2 of 5 Sample Bar Codes C - 3 GS1 DataBar GS1 DataBar Page Page Page Page Page Appendix E ASCII Character Sets E - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Sets E - 3 E - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Sets E - 5 E - 6 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Sets E - 7 E - 8 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Sets E - 9 E - 10 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Sets E - 11 E - 12 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide Index Numerics A Index - 2 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide B Index - 3 C D E Index - 4 Symbol LS4208 Product Reference Guide G H I K L Q R S T U Page Tell Us What You Think...